McLaren F1 boss Andreas Seidl says the damage suffered by Daniel Ricciardo's car in the opening lap pile-up in Hungary led to a "huge loss" in performance in the race for the Aussie. Ricciardo and Red Bull's Max Verstappen were the only drivers involved in the Turn 1 melee at the first corner that survived the carnage and were able to continue, although both cars were heavily damaged. The McLaren driver tried his best to uphold a position among the top ten but the performance loss was just too great and Ricciardo ultimately brought his damaged car home a lowly P12. In hindsight, he would have preferred to have been eliminated on the spot like others rather than endure a...
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